Board considers broader focus for Alameda schools bond

School board members may be shifting direction on plans for a new schools bond, with some saying at Tuesday’s board meeting that they think a bond should fund projects benefiting all of Alameda’s schools.

In June, board members said they wanted to move forward with a bond that would pay to renovate Historic Alameda High School so that it can once again become an active school campus, along with money to renovate Kofman Auditorium and the district’s two high school pools and also, make unspecified upgrades at Encinal High. But some board members said Tuesday that they think the district should also ask for money to fully upgrade some of the district’s oldest schools and for projects everywhere else.

“I like the focus of our high school, but I think we need to include all our schools,” board member Margie Sherratt said.